I am the tiniest bit disappointed that Mosfet didn't have three legs.
Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
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Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apparently they can’t hear male voices. Their hearing is sensitive to higher frequencies than most male voices and the usual human range. I usually chirp or make other high pinched noises to get their attention-though still get ignored much of the time, of course. Also apparently they’ll attack whats in our hands as they think they’re helping us hunt. They really are great. I was lucky to have a cat part of my life f…
Scientific resources online seem to disagree about sound range, which is both wider and more sensitive than human hearing or voices. http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html Cat sensitivity is a good 6 dB more sensitive so even if they're peakier in treble than humans, they still hear human males from further away than humans can hear them. Somewhat intuitively this makes sense, lots of human powered evolution t…
As my gf said - cat fascinated by laser pointer => human fascinated by cat.
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#23If it wasn't for the cats we had when I was a kid, I'd be a different person today :')
I wish cats lived as long as people. You would meet your kitten when you were a small child and they would be your companion for life. Ours are 17 now, a good age, I am dreading the day :-/
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#24I am the tiniest bit disappointed that Mosfet didn't have three legs.
Mosfets are 4-terminal devices!
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#25RIP Mosfet, sorry to read that. Cats are wonderful life (and lab) companions. I also have a couple and had others I miss a lot. All of them had their personal character, habits and quirks, but invariably all of them have this fantastic common trait in all cats: curiosity! I just love when they stare at us when we're doing something; they don't interfere, just sit there and watch. One of them apparently didn't like ci…
> apparently they can hear 40KHz from distance but also totally ignore you when you call them a meter away
Just because they can hear you, doesn't mean they choose to respond. :)
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#26He is visually indistinguishable from several blacks I've had over the years. They have wonderful personalities, and I can't imagine what led people to think them ill omens. Lovely story, and am sure he will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone who knew him. :-)
Black cats rock. I think there is a correlation between cat color and their personality. Black cats always have gentle disposition, orange cats not so much :D.
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#27He is visually indistinguishable from several blacks I've had over the years. They have wonderful personalities, and I can't imagine what led people to think them ill omens. Lovely story, and am sure he will live on in the hearts and minds of everyone who knew him. :-)
Black cats rock. I think there is a correlation between cat color and their personality. Black cats always have gentle disposition, orange cats not so much :D. Plus I like their ninja, black panther look.
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#28If it wasn't for the cats we had when I was a kid, I'd be a different person today :')
same 4 myself :3 my 1st cat was killed by neighbor's dog when I was 4 years old life never was the same since then
I'll never forget the day my mother called to tell me that their cat had died in an accident, suffering. I was (technically) grown up then, and it was many years ago, but it still hurts. Writing this hurts :(
Re: Mosfet the cat 2001 – 2018
#29Back in the days of CRTs, I had a cat named Trouble. She would sleep on top of my 15" Monitor. Friends and family would invariably remind me how I shouldn't let this happen. This monitor I got for free lasted for years being Trouble's favorite spot.
Trouble disappeared never to be seen again. And within a month the monitor stopped working.